Since the Marine Corps adopted the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Special Operations Capable (SOC) concept in 1987, Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) have deployed with the capability to conduct a small boat raid. The small boat raid mission is currently tasked to one of the rifle companies from the Battalion Landing Team (BLT). When weighed against the likelihood of executing the mission, the amount of time devoted to training to execute a small boat raid cannot be justified. Therefore, the Marine Corps should no longer train an infantry company from the BLT of a MEU (SOC) to conduct small boat raids. It is not a viable mission for an infantry company and the time dedicated to training for it would be better spent training for more likely contingencies.
No Time for Boats
2006
12 pages
Report
No indication
English
Military Sciences , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Marine corps personnel , Raids , Rubber boats , Risk , Marine corps training , Viability , Special operations forces , Riverine warfare , Air land battles , Reconnaissance , Inflatable structures , Company level organizations , Missions , Reliability , Task forces , Small boat raids , Magtf(Marine air-ground task forces) , Soc(Special operations capable) , Meu(Marine expeditionary units) , Crrc(Combat rubber reconnaissance craft) , Infantry small boat companies
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